Garment



Jan. 1o, 1933. G, A STElNER 1,993,914

-GARMENT Filed Jan. 22, 1932 2 Sheets-Shee l frz /en or GEoecaEfJTE/NE/e jwgf @9,9 @5M Patented Jan. 1G, 1933 NETE@ GEORGE ADOLPH STEINER, GF SALT LAI/IE CTY, UTAH,

ASSEGNOR T0 STEENER SALES COIVIFANY, OF SALT BLAKE, CETY, UTAH, A CGRPRATON 0F UTAH GARMENT Application filed January 22, 1932.

My invention relates to outer garments or gowns and particularly to those of the smock type that are intended to be worn in olices, stores and industries of various kinds in place of the ordinary street clothes or dresses, which generally will be removed and this garment substituted therefor, or the garment may be worn over the street dress if preferred; the objectbeing to provide loose, comfortable short sleeve garment which will allow the free use of the limbs of the wearer, be cool and comfortable in warm weather or in certain industries where the temperature is maintained at a comparatively high degree and, at the same tin e, completely cover and protect the underclothing or the dress over which the garment may be worn.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a garment having a belt with provision for drawing it snugly around the person of the wearer under the front of the garment where the belt at that point will be concealed when the garment is buttoned, or the belt may be passed around the waist of the wearer on the outside of the garment where it will be visible as usual in belted garments.

A further object is to provide a garment having a belt arranged in such a way that the garment can be laundered without danger of the ends of the belt becoming tangled.

Other objects of the invention will appear from the following detailed description.

The invention consists generally in various constructions and combinations, all as hereinafter described and particularly pointed out ir the claim.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification,

Figure l is a View of the back of the garment showing the position of the belt thereon and the provision for passing the ends through openings provided in the back panel;

Figure 2 is a front view of the garment showing how the ends of the belt after be passed through the openings in the back may be fastened together and be concealed when the garment is buttoned at the front;

Figure 3 is a view corresponding to Figure Serial No. 588,133.

l showing the ends of the belt withdrawn from the openings in the back;

Figure el is a view corresponding to Figure showing the appearance of the garment when it is first buttoned and when the ends of the belt are drawn around at the front and fastened together on the outside of the garment.

ln the drawings, 2 represents the back center panel or" the garment, and 3 and el the side panels stitched to the back at 5 in any preferred manner and having the usual pockets 6, the short sleeves 7 and a suitable collar 8. The side panel e is provided with buttonholes 9 to receive the usual buttons l0 provided on the edge of the panel 3.

rlhis makes a garment of the usual gown or smock type and generally is worn next to th-e undergarments, the street dress or gown being removed. These garments are made of washable material and, being worn in offices, stores, shops and factories where the garments will become easily soiled, laundering is frequently required.

Gowns of this type are usually provided with two styles or" belts and linen supply houses` to avoid changing the belt, should keep two styles of gowns in stock, one with the belt sewed only across the outside of the bach and the other with a full belt that can be passed around the entire outside of the gown. Often patr ns will use one style of gown for a time and then request that a gown with another arrangement of belt be furnished, and this of course involves changing the belt or keeping a supply of both styles on hand, thereby adding to the trouble and expense of die linen companies.

To avoid this objection and inconvenience incident to the garment as usually made, l propose to provi le belt l5, attached to the panel at ll, and buttons l2 may be placed iis point for ornamentation, and preferin the seam between the side and back brought around the person of the wearer under the front ot the gown and fastened together at the front, as indicated in Figure 2, by suitable means such as a pin lll. A buckle (not shown) may of course be provided at this point, er one end may have a series of buttonholes to receive a button fastened to the other end. These fastening means being obvious are not shown. For convenience of laundering, however, l may prefer to omit any fastening means tor the ends of the belt and allenv the wearer to secure these ends together as by means of a pin.

lVhen the ends are fastened together, as shown in Figure Q, the panels of the garment are drawn together and buttoned and, While the Waist portion ot the garment Will be dra Wn in snugly by the belt, there Will be no portion of the belt risible at the front, this portion of the belt being entirely covered by the garment. rit the saine time the haelt and side panels will be drawn in around the waist of the wearer.

Instead ot passing the enes oll the belt through the openi-gs between the bach and side panels, I may 1 the belt around the outside of the garment in the usual Way as shown in Figure il, thus exposing the entire belt to View, and the lapping ends oit the belt may be. pinned together` shown, or may be eonnected by any suitable means for this purpose.

l am thus able by arranging the belt in this Way to adapt a garment for use either with the front of the belt on the inside, concealed at the front and e-:posed in the back, or on the outside and Worn in the usual Way; thus one type ot garment will be sutiifient to supply the patrons of the linen company, some of Whom may eesire the belt on the inside concealed at the front and others the belt on the outside and visible in front.

l have shown this idea applied to a Washable gown tor the purpose ot' adapting it for use either with an entirely Visible belt or one visible only in the baelr, but it Will be understood that the same idea may be incorporated in other styles of garments Which it may be desired to use at times with the belt invisible at the front or with one tha't is visible; hence, l do not Wish to be confined to the use oit this idea in the particular garment illustrated and described herein.

From the foregoing description, it will be understood that the belt may be Worn either across the outside of the bach ot the garment or around the entire outside oit the gown. Avt the patron Wishes 'to `wear the garment so that the belt will only shoe1 across the back, she will pass the ends through the two openings in the side panels and tasten them together at the front, and when the gou/'n is buttoned the belt will be on the inside in the front and on the outsioe at the baclr. If the `wearer Wishes to use the garment With the entire belt showing it is only necessary to pull the ends out of the openings in the sides ot the garment, pin these ends together at the trent after buttoning the side panels together. lilith this manner of use the belt Will be Visible entirely around the garment.

TWhen the garment is being laundered, it tne ends of the belt are thrust into the openings in the sides they will not tangle in the w .sh as these ends will be on the inside of 'hashing operation.

l claim as my invention:

A Washable garment of the type described, having front and rear panels olf rashable material, seams formed by lines oit Aitching connecting the panels, and each having an opening therein, and a belt :"so of washable material having loose ends and fastened subantially at the middle thereof to the back panel, the loose ends of said belt being adapt et o be selectively passed through lthe openin said seams and connected together the front of the wearer, concealed beneath `l e front ol the garment, or to be drawn out said openings and secured together at the 'ont of the garment on the outside thereof, 'tor the purpose specified.

ln witness whereof, l have hereunto set my hand this twelfth day of Jani'lary, 193i.

GEGRGE A' OLI-)H STEINER. 

